destitutephoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticPhoneticphonetic adjective
1. without money, food, a home or possessions
     The floods have left thousands of people in the area destitute.
    Destitute families were living in appalling conditions.

 plural noun
1. The destitute are people who do not have money, food, a home or possessions.
    The destitute receive financial aid from the government.

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